The OS has all the functional capabilities of an Android operating system but none of its hidden features that send users' private data to Google, addressing concerns that data stored by Google could slip into the hands of the US government and expose some of their most secret and sensitive communications.

I should have actually out "Android-like" or "Almost Android" as the story has it. It's not officially Android but a "slimmed down" version of it. The operating system has all the functional capabilities of an Android operating system but none of its hidden features that send users' private data to Google headquarters, according to the project manager.